Using TimescaleDB + Prometheus to monitor and troubleshoot CockroachDB

If you’ve read any of my older posts, you’ll know that I used to work for CockroachDB. I recently moved to join Timescale, an open-source time-series database, so if it’s not obvious, I have a soft spot for…


Handling Contention with CockroachDB

The end of the year is such a busy time! As a follow-up to my last blog post about Handling Contention with PostgreSQL, here’s a post that digs into how CockroachDB handles contention. Like PostgreSQL, CockroachDB uses MVCC to figure out the right version of data…